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Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in the District during
1913 was 235, giving a death rate of 7.8 per 1,000.
The deaths of 10 persons whose homes were in other Districts
must be deducted from this number, but to it must
be added 71 deaths of residents who died in other districts,
making a nett total of 296 deaths belonging to the District.
This gives a nett death rate of 9.83 per 1,000, as
compared with 11.89 for 1912.
In making comparisons of death rates of different
districts allowance has to be made for the differences in
sex and age distribution of the population, and to do this
the Registrar-General has had worked out for each district
what he calls a "Standardizing Factor," a figure by
which the death rate as ascertained in the ordinary way
has to be multiplied to give the "Standardized" death
rate. The method by which this factor for correction is
ascertained is described in the Twenty-fourth Annual Report
of the Registrar-General (for the year 1911), on pp.
xxvii-xxx.
The "Standardizing Factor" for this District is
1.0028, which gives a "Standardized" death rate of
9.857, a very slisrht increase.

It will be seen that the rates for Erith compare very
favourably with those given, the birth rate being higher
than the average, and the death rate and infantile mortality
rate being considerably lower than the average.